Jelep La (Tibetan: རྫི་ལི་ལ, Wylie: rdzi li la, THL: dzi li la; Chinese: 则里拉山口; pinyin: Zé lǐlā shānkǒu) elevation 14,390 feet (4,390 m), is a high mountain...

1967 which resulted in fatalities on both sides. Nathu La has often been compared to Jelep La, a mountain pass situated at a distance of 3 miles (4.8 km)...

British developed Jelep La, and later Nathu La, as they were accessible from British India, and Cho La fell into relative disuse. The Cho La pass was in regular...

connected to Sikkim to the southwest via the mountain passes of Nathu La and Jelep La. The valley is at an altitude of 3,000 m (9,800 ft), and being on the...

China decided to capture four critical posts in Sikkim: Nathu La, Jelep La, Sebu La and Cho La. These posts were strategically valuable, as they oversaw the...

scorching summer heat in the plains. Kalimpong's proximity to the Nathu La and Jelep La passes for trading with Tibet was an added advantage. It soon became...

market in 2003. 1.5km 1mile Gnathang Sherathang Thegu Manju Lake Jelep La Changgu Nathu La    Tsongmo Lake, January 2014 Tsomgo Lake Tsongmo Lake in Winter...

leading to their suzerainty over Sikkim with its strategic Nathu La and Jelep La passes into the Chumbi Valley. Following the Anglo-Chinese treaty of...

Tibetan government dispatched an expedition of 300 soldiers that crossed the Jelep La pass and occupied Lingtu around 13 miles (21 km) into Sikkim. The British...

It lies in a transverse valley below the Dongkya Range, close to the Jelep La pass. A nearby moraine ridge across the valley forms part of the watershed...